Artists Statement

Artists Statement

When looking at a shell on the beach, a stone made beautiful by the endless caress of the tide, objects, forms, things created over time by the earth, I am awed by the skill of nature. I have longed to be able to make things that look as natural as if nature had made them, to create objects that resonate with a timeless quality, with a feeling of a genesis beyond the constructed and manufactured.

Current Work

Current Work

My current work evolves from the work I made as a degree student and although my experiments with terra sigillata stem from my time as a postgraduate I am still primarily concerned with form, beauty and symmetry. At present the forms are curvaceous and full and although they are influenced by classical pottery I feel they are highly contemporary

Other Information References
Member of the Crafts Council of Ireland
Contributor to the 2001 Children in Need Television charity event
Contributor to the 2005 Red Nose Day charity event
Recipient of the Arts Council of NI Award 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10.
Craft NI ‘Making It’ Programme 06

Technical Information

Technical Information

Some of the work is Juddered, a turning fault that I have developed into a feature. Slips and Terra Sigillata are used to finish the work.